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Morgan County, Georgia

County · Printed 2026-11-06 · Intel current as of 2026-11-03 · localhost:3000/geos/county-ga-morgan

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Morgan County benefits

Morgan County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Blake McCormack): the 2025-2026 minutes read whole - 59 files - with the Disabled Veteran exemption values briefed to the Board of Assessors and the June 2026 LHOST local legislation

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Blake McCormack (District 2), Vice-Chairman Ben Riden, Jr.

www.morgancountyga.gov/185/Board-of-Commissioners-BOC

Morgan County Clerk of Superior Court (Jody M. Higdon): the county’s recorder of military discharges, whose own services list names “Military Discharges”

The Morgan County Clerk of Superior Court - Jody M. Higdon, first elected 2004, 384 Hancock St., P.O.

www.gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=104

Morgan County Tax Commissioner (Wendy Coe): the county’s own printed Disabled Veteran exemption values - $121,812 (2025) and $126,526 (2026) - from the Board of Assessors’ own minutes

The Morgan County Tax Commissioner - Wendy Coe, "sworn in as the Morgan County Tax Commissioner on January 1, 2021" after serving the office "in the position of bookkeeper and…

www.morgangatax.org

Georgia benefits that apply here

Georgia Disabled Veteran Business Occupation Tax Exemption

A disabled veteran who is a Georgia resident and owes no Georgia income tax can run one business, peddle, or practise a profession in any county or city without paying the local…

veterans.georgia.gov/book/export/html/1496

Georgia Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

An exemption of the greater of $32,500 or the current specially adapted housing grant maximum, on the home an honorably discharged disabled veteran owns and lives in.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

veterans.georgia.gov/disabled-veteran-homestead-tax-exemption

Georgia Disabled Veteran License Plates

Free disabled veteran plates for up to two passenger cars or motorcycles, with no registration fee, manufacturing fee, or annual fee, for a veteran who qualifies for the…

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

veterans.georgia.gov/license-plates-disabled-veteran

Georgia Military Retirement Income Exclusion

For tax year 2026, a retiree under 62 can exclude up to $17,500 of military retirement income, and another $17,500 when Georgia earned income exceeds $17,500.

dor.georgia.gov/retirement-income-exclusion

Georgia Veteran Driver License

No fee for a veteran driver license. The Department of Veterans Service certifies an honorable discharge or a medical discharge, and certain National Guard service.

veterans.georgia.gov/book/export/html/1496

Georgia Veterans Preference in State Employment

On a scored state entrance exam, ten points are added to a passing score for a service-connected disability of at least 10%, and for the other people the personnel rule lists.

rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/478-1-.18

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.